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J. J; JOJJJIS'IOJJ. IRUNING TABLE.

Patented Dec. 12, 11882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE. o

JAMES J. JOHNSTON, OF COLUMBIANA, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE UNITED STATES IMPROVEMENT COMPANY, (LIMITED,) SAME PLACE.

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SPECFIOATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 268,801, dated December 12, 1882. l Application filed February 23, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern `Be it known that I, JAMES J. JOHNSTON, of Columbiana, in the county of Columbiana and `State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Ironing-Tables; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

My invention relates to an improvement in ironingtables; and it consists in combining with an ordinary table an iron-holder having a fire or lamp chamber for the purpose of retaining heat in theiron during the intervalsit is not in use in the operation of ironing, and providing said table with a polishingboard, all of which will hereinafter more fully and at large appear.

To enable others skilled in the art with which myinvention is most nearlyconnected to make and use it, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

ln the accompanying drawings', which form part of this specifi/cation, Figure 1 is a front elevation of the table furnished with my improvement in iron-holder and polishing-board, representing a vertical section of the iron-holder. Fig. 2 is a top view of the polishingboard. Fig. 3 is a top view of the iron-holder.

Reference being had to the accompanying drawings, A reprgsents an ordinary ironingtable, having a drawer, B, and provided with my/improved polishing-board C, which is "litted to an opening in the frame D of the table, said polishing-board furnished with a block of emery, E, and a waxed pad, F, which emery and pad are held in a fixed position on the board C by an iron frame, G, held in place by means' of wood-screws, as indicated in Fig. 2. The waxed pad consists ot several folds of cloth, with wool -thoroughly coated with beeswax placed between the folds of the cloth, which is stitched around the edges. The emery should be very fine, not coarser than No. l or12, and formed in blocks by the process employed for forming emery-wheels-to wit,by mixing with the emery an adhesive material, so as to form a plastic mass, which is molded into the desired form by suitable molds; but in the absence of Vemery a blocklof tine sandstone may be sub- 5o stituted.

The iron-holder H is supported in a frame,

I', having a recess, J, in which recess enters the edge of the table-leaf, and is held to said tableleaf through theV medium of a pin, K, which passes through the frame l and table-leaf. The frame I has also a recess, L, in which is fitted the flange M of the iron-holder H, which is provided with a detachable bottom, N, which rests upon lugs 0. Below the detachable bottom N 6o is a chamber, Q, having a flue, P, in which chamber burning charcoal may be placed, or alamp, for the purpose of heating the detachable bottom N, upon which the iron rests. The under side and edge of the flange M of the ironholder H is corrugated for the purpose of forming spaces for the air to pass through when suspended in its frame I. These air-spaces (indicated at R) will prevent undue heating ofy the frame.

In the operation of ironing clothes the operator has frequently to adjust the article t0 be ironed. To do this the smoothing-iron is placed upon an iron stand or holder, which consists generally of an iron ring or a perforated plate mounted on legs. While the operator is spreading or adjusting the article to be ironed the smoothing-iron is cooling off, which is a disadvantage and causes the operator very frequently to change the cooled-off smoothing- 8o` iron for a heated one. This changing of the smoothing-iron involves loss of time and the labor oftravcliug back and forth from the ironing-table to the stove, the table, as a rule, being as far as possible from the stove to prevent 8 5 overheating of the operator, and said table is most generally placed near an open windowor door, and the incoming of cold air, which is so grateful to the operator, rapidly cools olf the smoothing-iron, thereby making it necessary 9o to frequently change it, which involves loss of time, and much labor will be avoided by my improvement.

In the operation of ironing the smoothingiron frequently becomes rough by the starch in the clothes adhering to it and by the reheating of it, and to free the iron from this obstruction the operator is required t0 turn up the 2 season f face of the iron and scrape it with some instrument, (generally a case-knife) which very imperfectly accomplishes this Work. llo facilitate the cleaning, smoothing, and polishing of the face ofthe iron, I have provided the ironiugtable with the cleaning and polishing board hereiuhef'ore described, which the operator draws out from the side ofthe table sufficiently to expose the block of emery E and waxed pad F, so that'in removing the iron fromthe ironholder H it may be rubbed slightly over the emery-block E and then upon the pad F, which will, clean, smooth, and polish the iron with great rapidity, requiring but little labor.

I have represented the iron-holder` H as having a charcoal-lire in chamber Q; but a lamp or gas-jet may be substituted for the charcoalfire. When a charcoal-tire is used it would be advisable to have the upper end of the due P pass out through an opening in' the window or connected with chimney-[lue of the house, for the purpose of carrying oft' the carbonio-acid gas generated by the burning of the charcoal. When the operator is through with the ironing ofthe clothes the holder H and its frame I can be removed from the table A by simplyr withdrawing the pin K, leaving the table clear for other use.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In an ironing-table, the combination of the` table A, polishing-board U, having emery-block E and waxed pad F, secured to said board by `means of frameD, and the iron-holder H, con

sisting ot' frame I, detachable bottom N,cha1n JAMES J. JOHNSTON.

Witnesses T. D. D. OURAND, FRED. G. DIETERICH. 

